Yes, the people (like the guy staring at the hanging chad) will do an "official review".

Now, the good little government-educated citizen will use his/her brain cells to try to figure out how to make government more efficient. They'd have a better chance of reversing gravity. It is inherent in the structure of government not to be efficient.

When you take away the price system...take away competition...take away supply and demand...take away voluntary transactions ... this is what you're left with; a cancer that takes out one vital organ after another.

I hate to remind you of this, but the next vital organ is healthcare. Unless you keep yourself healthy, you're in for another strong dose of AAA-grade government waiting.

So all the coalitions, conferences, think tanks, and technology initiatives that people waste their time forming to make this disaster more efficient, are all for naught.

The challenge at hand is not to make the parasite more efficient at sucking blood. The challenge is scratching it off your back completely.

As Bob pointed out yesterday in response to Reich: one way to get money is to provide what consumers want, another way is harness the brute force of government to your advantage. Let's see clearly the two kinds of people out there. When you see lines and government making a mess of things you can feel anger, disdain or humor for the people taking paychecks from this racket. Another option is to feel pity. How pathetic that a promising young person has such a low opinion of himself that he chooses to make his way in life as a "public servant" and becomes a member of the government gang trampling private property rights.